Men's Basketball NJAC Tourney Hopes Take Another Hit as MSU Falls at NJCU

Jersey City, NJ (2/14/11) – The Montclair
State men’s basketball NJAC Tournament hopes took another hit with the
Red Hawks falling to red-hot New Jersey City University 82-62 at the
John J. Moore Athletic Center on Monday evening. The game was a
reschedule from a January 26 snowed out contest.

The loss, Montclair’s third straight, now puts the Red Hawks’
back against the wall. MSU (17-7 overall, 7-5 NJAC) must now defeat the
same New Jersey City team on Wednesday evening at the Panzer Athletic
Center to earn a berth in the NJAC Tournament which begins on Saturday,
February 19.

A loss by Montclair would put it in a tie with Rutgers-Newark
(7-6) for the third spot out of the North Division. The Scarlet Raiders
would win the tiebreaker with MSU by virtue of its split with the
Gothic Knights during the season while Montclair would be 0-2 versus
NJCU.